User:Mystrsyko

36 / m / 37,-87

Geohashing Highlights
Abandoned racetrack - Carpentersville, IL
Steak & Shake party - Bolingbrook, IL
36 mile bike hash - Buffalo Hart, IL
Whitetail deer swarm - Ashland, IL
Hashscot world record - Chicago, IL
Racing severe thunderstorms - Petersburg, IL

About

I was born and raised in the Aurora, Illinois graticule, where I discovered geohashing while browsing through the XKCD blog. After some periodic expeditions, I ended up moving down to Springfield, Illinois. Living in a new area, I find geohashing to be the perfect way to explore my new home. While I recently bought a new car, I prefer not to burn gas to make it to geohash points and so try to bike instead. It also gives me a great opportunity to build towards my fitness goals when I bike to hash points. So far, some of the longest rides I've ever done were in pursuit of geohashes, and I see more and longer ones in my future. In fact, I even need my own bike stats page!

Other things about me:
Bowling
Photography
xkcd inspired webcomic

I was also the user responsible for updating the Most active users page, but this has been automated (to some extent). I will still be making manual counts, and eventually creating "Most active users by year" pages when I finish.

Geohashing Goals

- Go geohashing at least once each month

- Earn a Virgin Graticule achievement. Done 2015-01-19

- Bike to a hash outside my home graticule

- Bike more than 100 miles during an expedition.

- Complete the Most active users statistics database

- Complete a full Minesweeper Geohash and Bingo geohash achievement

Expeditions

Completed

#	Result	Date	Graticule	Location	With/Met	Notable Notes
1		2013-09-27	Schaumburg, Illinois	Alongside the Fox River in Carpentersville, IL	Solo	First (and first successful) geohash
2		2015-11-08	Aurora, Illinois	A small prairie near Aurora, IL	Dolphintreasure	Prize poultry
3		2013-11-24	Aurora, Illinois	At Steak & Shake in Bolingbrook, IL	Dolphintreasure, Rookiek13, & 5 friends	Largest personal "meetup"
4		2014-05-23	Aurora, Illinois	Near a school baseball field in Romeoville, IL	Dolphintreasure	First bike expedition
5		2014-07-05	Chicago, Illinois	Outside a mall in North Riverside, IL	Haberdasher	First geohasher met
6		2014-10-07	Springfield, Illinois	In a harvested corn field in Buffalo Hart, IL	Dolphintreasure	Current longest bike expedition
7		2014-10-24	Springfield, Illinois	At Hobby Lobby in Springfield, IL	Dolphintreasure	No Trespassing Geohash
8		2015-01-19	Jacksonville, Illinois	A harvested corn field near Ashland, IL	Dolphintreasure	Encountered whitetail deer, Virgin Graticule
9		2015-04-16	Springfield, Illinois	Empty farm field near Tallula, IL	Solo
10		2015-04-27	Springfield, Illinois	A backyard in Springfield, IL	Solo	No Trespassing Geohash
11		2015-05-28	Springfield, Illinois	Next to a creek in Springfield, IL	Dolphintreasure	Multihash part 1
12		2015-05-28	Chicago, Illinois	Brighton Park area of Chicago, IL	Dolphintreasure & OtherJack	Multihash part 2, Hashscot world record
13		2015-06-07	Peoria, Illinois	Side of a road near Petersburg, IL	Dolphintreasure & Rookiek13	Fun with severe thunderstorms
14		2015-06-23	Springfield, Illinois	Next to a corn field near Tallula, IL	Solo	Bike expedition in 90°F weather
15		2015-07-06	Springfield, Illinois	Highway median in Springfield, IL	Solo
16		2015-07-11	Springfield, Illinois	Empty lot in Springfield, IL	Dolphintreasure
17		2015-08-13	Springfield, Illinois	Next to a corn field west of Springfield, IL	Dolphintreasure	Spontaneous achievement
18		2015-08-17	Springfield, Illinois	In front of a house in Springfield, IL	Solo	Left a marker
19		2015-12-17	Springfield, Illinois	Small prairie in north Springfield, IL	Dolphintreasure
20		2015-12-22	Springfield, Illinois	On Route 29 outside the airport in Springfield, IL	Dolphintreasure	Speed racer achievement

Achievements

x17 Land geohash achievement
x8 Bicycle geohash achievement
x2 No trespassing consolation prize
x2 Meet-up achievement
x1 Prize Poultry consolation prize
x1 Mother Nature's Bitch consolation prize
x1 Midnight Geohash
x1 Drag-along achievement
x1 Holy hash honorable mention
x1 Virgin Graticule achievement
x1 Multihash
x1 Earliest geohasher achievement
x1 Sex Geohash achievement
x1 Speed racer achievement

In progress

Mystrsyko achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Aurora, Illinois and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

Mystrsyko achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Springfield, Illinois and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

Mystrsyko earned the Two to the N achievement by attempting to reach 24 hashpoints on 2015-07-11 39 -89 and is promoted to Level 4 (Expeditions).

Mystrsyko earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 24 hashpoints on 2015-12-17 39 -89 and is promoted to Level 4 (Coordinates reached).